There is no economic advantage for an employer to hire foreign workers over American workers because of the incredible expense and regulatory paperwork gauntlet involved in bringing H-2B workers into the country, Angelica Ochoa, a partner at Colorado law firm Fisher & Phillips, told Construction Dive in a story about temporary workers in the construction industry. “It’s always the last resort,” she said. “The companies that are using it are using it because there is truly no better option.”